#Wednesday Morning

By Wendy Osher Maui police are investigating a shooting incident reported early Wednesday morning in Kaupo.  A 33-year-old man, said he was picking opihi in the area known as Plenty Kiawe when he heard gunshots in the distance.  He tells police he was walking to his car at around 12:30 a.m. when the shots were […]

By Wendy Osher The council’s Budget and Finance Committee continues to fine tune details of their FY 2011 Budget.  The majority of public testimony Wednesday morning focused on calls for restoration of funds for farming programs. In his testimony yesterday, Maui County Farm Bureau Executive Director Warren Watanabe said, “A proposal to take $50,000 away […]

(Updated 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 27, 2010) The National Weather Service has cancelled the High Surf Advisory for the South facing shores of all islands.  Surf has declined below advisory levels and the advisory was cancelled at 4:30 Tuesday afternoon. ________________________________ (Updated:  8:00 a.m. Tuesday, April 27, 2010) The National Weather Service issued a High […]

By Wendy Osher (Update:  8:01 p.m. Thursday, March 18, 2010) Maui police have since released the identity of the man killed in a pedestrian accident early Thursday morning on the Honoapiilani Highway as 28-year-old Nathaniel Alters of Star, Idaho. ________________________________ (Update:  5:45 a.m. Thursday, March 18, 2010) A second pedestrian death in as many days […]